Mad City Story Slam - Elementary

Art in the cafe...

Tamara Lea Kaufman


"pretty ~ ugly"


February 2026



Artist Statement Tamara Lea Kaufman’s personal artwork ranges from serious to quirky, dark, adult-themed humor. She creates multimedia assemblage, collage, and dioramas made from HO-scale railroad hobby miniatures, preserved insects, paint, embroidery, found objects, and typically discarded materials such as candy wrappers and the overlooked debris of everyday life. Her work explores topics of consumption, waste, desire, relationships, psychology, politics, societal pressures and the levity of humor needed to survive it all. It gives her joy to repurpose materials into something new, useful, or...
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Friday, January 2, 2026
7:00 pm

This month's theme is another audience suggestion! Come share a story about something simple, a tale from your time as a kid, or maybe that time you interned for a private investigator. Whatever "elementary" means to you!

Share a 5-minute story at the mic, or just come to listen.

Open Mic